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@beanpie
Citygent makes a fair point. I've never actually had a kid jump out in front of the bike....unless there was an incredibly irresponsible woman pushing said kid in a pushchair.
Perhaps mothering proficieny classes, involving looking BOTH ways before throwing your most precious posession into the street. I usually just slow up, take a wide arc, make eye contact, shake the head and say "come on now love, there's a baby in there. Look both ways for the little 'un's sake"...as patronising as poss.